Home Prices End the Year Mixed in Boulder County - Some communities fared better than others

By Liz Benson on Jan 26, 2009

The 2008 home sales figures for Boulder and surrounding communities are in...and let's just say there is good news and bad news. Broomfield and Superior were the only communities that saw an increase in their median…

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Awareness: Good Zodiac advice for the New Year’s / Consciencia: Buenos consejos del Zodiaco para este Año Nuevo

By Yesica on Dec 30, 2008

Any questions about your sign? Ask me! Leave me a comment and I will reply! / Alguna Pregunta sobre tu signo? ¡Pregúntame! Escribe tu pregunta en tu comentario y te contesto ~ Aires: Keep your…

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Top Ten Ways to Save on Heating Costs this Winter (and Limit Your Carbon Footprint).

By elephantjournal dotcom on Sep 13, 2008

Hotelephant: our editor's home by night and elephant's H.Q. by day (when we're not tapping away at wireless cafés). Bought with $0 down, our goal is to (not default on the mortgage and) greenovate:…

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Know Your Rights: Legal Advice for Same-Sex Couples who live in states where Marriage and/or Domestic Partnership is Illegal.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Sep 11, 2008

"I Do, Too." Via Erica Johnson, from the Winter 07/08 issue.  With three exceptions, our 50 states' laws currently define, and confine "marriage" to a union between one man and one woman-meaning same-sex couples…

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Is the Lineage of Yoga Endangered? Will Fad Overtake Tradition? [CorePower, Richard Freeman's Yoga Workshop]

By elephantjournal dotcom on Sep 10, 2008

Via Dave Rogers, from the Winter 07/08 issue. This is a confession: I've been cheating. For 15 years I've practiced yoga with the justly-famous Richard Freeman at his Yoga Workshop, or wherever his disciples…

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Can’t Sleep? Natural Remedies to Fight Insomnia, via Brigitte Mars

By elephantjournal dotcom on Sep 10, 2008

Sleep is that rejuvenating repose in which we spend 30 percent of our lives. Our body uses the sleep cycle to repair itself. Still, for many, sleep is elusive. Here's a few tips for…

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Chogyam Trungpa’s Obstacles and Antidotes to Meditation (not Medication)

By elephantjournal dotcom on Sep 9, 2008

The below is a sidebar to Frank Berliner's column in elephant journal's Winter 07/08 issue. The classical Buddhist approach, workshopped for 2,500 years through meditation and study, holds that depression, aggression and other neuroses…

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Art as Practice: Shane Hart and Upala Yoga, or “Stone Union”

By elephantjournal dotcom on Sep 8, 2008

Via Erin Needham, from the Winter 07/08 issue.    The earth is not concrete. It is alive. It breathes. But, we humans cannot always see the vastness of its geologic time scale. Our experience…

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Ayurveda Q&A with Dr. John Douillard: Is It Possible to Eat Local During the Winter Months?

By elephantjournal dotcom on Apr 11, 2008

Our farmers' market customers want to keep supporting local farmers and eating locally through the winter, and food preservation is becoming a lost art. Ayurveda focuses on seasonal eating as a pillar of health.…

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Ayurveda Q&A with Dr. John Douillard: Easy Winter Soup for Healthy (and Lazy) Bachelors.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Apr 11, 2008

I rarely cook at home. When I do, I often eat soup. What are some simple and easy winter recipes? ~ Chad Greedy, climber and videoer of rocks For those bachelor types who often…

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Ayurveda Q&A with Dr. John Douillard: Fight Holiday Indigestion and Keep Off Winter Lbs.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Apr 11, 2008

How can we stay fit and not suffer indigestion from overeating during the Winter? I find it difficult to exercise as regularly when it's cold out, especially running a business and being a single…

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Music Reviews: Iron & Wine, Manu Chao, Sharon Jones, M.I.A., José Gonzalez, via Kirk Peterson

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

KEVIN DREW > SPIRIT IF Broken Social Scene has spawned solo careers and side projects including, but not limited to, Feist, Stars, Metric, Apostle of Hustle, Do Make Say Think, Jason Collett and Amy…

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Review: The Mio Eco Bendant Lamp Chandelier

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

ecomodernlighting > via Jen Sall What do Columbian brothers, a six pound box and a leisurely afternoon in Boulder have in common? It's the arrival and assembly of the Mio Culture Bendant Lamp, of…

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Book Reviews: Sakyong, Pema Chodron, Javatrekker, Ken Wilber, Brigitte Mars, My Mercy Encompasses All, Yoga of Jesus, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Surya Das, Tulku Thondup, David Chadwick, Carol Alt, Best Buddhist Writing via Melvin McLeod, Altar Your Space, Nature Babies, Tibetan Cooking, Slow Food, Warrior King of Shambhala via Jeremy Hayward,

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

People always say we oughta have a movie review section, but I say it don't need ele's support. Five kajillion folks (including yours truly) watch netflix or T.V. or movies (and now you can…

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Editor’s Music Picks: Putumayo & Paper Stars, via Waylon Lewis

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

PUTUMAYO > WOMEN OF THE WORLD: ACOUSTIC Ever wanted to travel the world with beautiful, soulful women? Now it's only $15.98 (or less, on Amazon)-a portion of which goes to globalfundforwomen.org. Featuring songstresses from…

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Re-Use Your Bath Water, via Umbra of Grist.org

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

Hi Umbra, My new (to me) house has a somewhat larger than standard bathtub with jets. I rarely have time for a bath, but last night took the opportunity to indulge. I had a…

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Amy Goodman on Patriotism, Indie Media & Why She Became a Journalist.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

Editor’s Note: I have chosen to name our various 'Conversation' features ‘Bodhisattva.’ But the outstanding examples of compassionate heroism featured in these pages are not technically Bodhisattvas. They aren’t Buddhist, generally, for that matter.…

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“Mind Writing Slogans,” via Beat Buddhist Poet Allen Ginsberg: How to Write.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

"Definitions, A Preface." from elephant journal's Winter 07/08 issue.  Chögyam Trungpa remarked, "Writing is writing the mind," thus the title. Ground, Path, and Fruition are common stages of Tibetan style dharma teaching, often condensed…

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Yogacation: A Via Yoga Retreat in Sayulita, Mexico

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

You all may remember me from back in the day when this (formerly) little ‘ol mag was called Yoga in the Rockies. After birthing Y.R.-now five years ago-I've watched this magazine mature into what…

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On “Green Money” ~ Boulder Valley Credit Union.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 24, 2008

Click here for diff between Credit Unions and banks. The phone rang. On the other end was a credit union colleague I'd never met, from a small town in Oregon. She was eager to…

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